1620s in Scotland
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Incumbents
- James I of England/VI of Scotland (1567–1625) (as King of Scotland)
- Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, etc.
- Charles Stuart, Prince of Wales (1612–1625) (ascended to throne)
- Charles James Stuart (1629) (Perinatal mortality)
Events
1620
- Witch hunts begin in Scotland.
1621
- King James VI and I grants William Alexander of Scotland a royal charter to colonize Acadia, a region that includes part of modern-day Southeastern Canada and the U.S. state of Maine, in an effort to establish a Scottish colonial empire in the New World.
- The Covenantersin Scotland.
1622
- June 16 – Scottish Lord Chancellor Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline dies.[1] During the earlier months prior to his death, he has been in the process of making alterations to Fyvie Castle and the Pinkie House, which become famous modern-day landmarks in Scotland.
1623
- Clan MacDonald kills rival Clan chief Malcolm MacFie, and occupy clan MacFie's Argyll islands. As a result, Clan MacFie is considered "disbanded" from 1623 until 1981.[2]
1624
- May 25 – The town of Dunfermline is destroyed by a fire.[3]
- Death in Edinburgh of Huguenot calligrapher Esther Inglis.
1625
- March 27 – Charles I succeeds to the thrones of England (with Wales) and Scotland.
- June 13 – Charles I marries Princess Henrietta Maria of France.
1626
- July 5 – Battle of Stralsund occurs in which Holy Roman Commander Albrecht von Wallensteinis defeated by a joint Swedo-Danish force with Scottish assistance which eventually leads to the siege against Stralsund being lifted on August 4.
- Secretary for Scotland, an office he will hold until his death in 1640.
1627
- Reconstruction of Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire completed by Thomas Burnett.
1628
- George Heriot's School is established as Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh.
1629
- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling briefly establishes a Scottish colony at Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
- February 26 – Birth in Dalkeith of Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (executed 1685).
Births
1620
- January 1 – Robert Morison, botanist and taxonomist (died 1683)
- James Dundas, Lord Arniston, politician and judge (died 1679)
Deaths
1626
- James Sempill, courtier and poet (born 1566)[4]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9
- ^ Clan MacFie website.
- ISBN 978-0-9557244-0-4.
- ^ "Sir James Sempill | Scottish poet | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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